Engine/gearbox wobble

1. user_58570 Established Member Joined: Apr 2012 Nottingham Posts: 1736 3dr Desire sleeper... ^Made it into PFC...^

   #1 10th January 2015, 11:25

   I'm pretty sure the mounts are failing. At about 3k rpm in 5th gear my whole car wobbles like a bitch and struggles.
   
   Should I change all of the mounts, e.g Tops and lower and one under Ecu?
   Or just replace the ones on the gearbox area itself?
   
   I quite like standard comfort if i'm honest. But I do drive a lot of motorways at 70mph... and a lot of country lanes at 60mph.
   So, do I buy new mounts or get second hand ones?
2. white_vts_boy Established Member Joined: Dec 2007 Middlesbrough Posts: 1147 Saxo vts

   #2 10th January 2015, 11:42

   What engine is it?
3. charlierish Newbie Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 1

   #3 10th January 2015, 14:07

   Ive first put in the engine and gearbox as one, but later I had the engine out and back in, twice, no major problems.
   
   Are you sure the clutch is centered properly?
4. user_58570 Established Member Joined: Apr 2012 Nottingham Posts: 1736 3dr Desire sleeper... ^Made it into PFC...^

   #4 10th January 2015, 16:17

   8v 1.6 engine, 1.1 gear box
   
   Also @Charlie ^^^ I noticed my mounts were semi going anywhos, should've changed them then. But i've not had any problems with it really until a few week ago when it starts to wobble. Only really in gear 4 and 5 when you give it poke.
5. iSlayeR Established Member Joined: Aug 2009 King's lynn Posts: 2073 Turbocharged vtr

   #5 11th January 2015, 16:33

   very likely to be a buggered gearbox, my vtr used to shake like a bitch from certain speeds, until i put a hole through the gearbox